Kennington

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B02: design element - patterns - tracery

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 06942KEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located just N of Ashford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century (late?), Decorated
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Decorated period. Noted in Newman (1976): "Font. Octagonal. Shallow sunk patterns on the faces, fanciful quatrefoils and panelling." Noted in Igglesden (1925): "The font is a fine specimen of 14th century masonry, octagonal in shape and supported by a stem of similar form. The eight panels contain tracery of different patterns."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: oc
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Igglesden, Charles, A saunter through Kent, with pen and pencil, Ashford: The Kentish Press, 1925
Newman, John, North East and East Kent, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976